The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-06-19
MAKING MONEY.
President Cleveland savins SaS, 600 . Year.
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Previous to the second term ofGen. Grant
the salary OF the President Of the United states.
from Washington down to that time. had boon
&25, 900 year, with limited fund for con-
tingent expenses which did not exceed 81 900
per annum during Mr.. Lincolns term. In 1873
1t was raised to $4,000 year. This increased
salary was appropriated with the expectation
that 1t would DO applied to public purposes in
connection with the Presidency, and not fort the
private pocket OF the incumbent. E.
AL the Presidents, with rare exceptions.
and they have almost uniformly used the sal
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The Executive Mansion and stables are light;
ed, heated. repaired, furnished with water and
which provide flowers for decoration. are main
tanned BY annual appropriat.ons averaging
year9 e as
pair, and refnrnishing the Executive Mansion,
$4,000. 70 be expended by contract Of other
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may besasiis and positisolS ansxarod. because
MI: Cleveland has utterly dlsrsssrded the
nearly uniform practice OF his predecessors by
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toes d the he's Supreme Court We're cSmpnlsoriiy
dined, q few members Ct the Judiciary were
tons, the President has offered to Congress-
and 1t is nearly the limit as to others. This
cres@ as Il With the
toned liberality Of former Prssidents IN,
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inauguration bali cost about $4,000: and waSs
previous experience, and gave a new idea OF
Jeffersonian simplicity. The gentlemen who
voluntarily planned ana managed that mag
nihcent compliment and devoted to its sue.
cess their labor for months. their money and
their influence. socially as well as politically
including conspicuous Bepublicans and Dem
ocrats. have been entirely ignored. Not one
Of them has ever been, invited to dine ut the
The so-ealied receptions Of the President
and Mrs. Cleveland do not cost dime to their
private purse. The lights. the flowers the
music. the servants, and the decorations are all
at the expense OF the people In the shape OF
appropriations. which are scattered through
various accounts Of Congress, and arc but little
known to the public Of large. The guests on
these occasions are divided into classes, some
Of the receptions being By card. and others
with open doors for the unwashed Democracy,
who are not offered even glass OF water.
MIR. Cleyeland's interpretation OF "retrench-
mont and reform" Ia TO mako hay while the
sun shines, and to swell his bank ACCOUNT by
large savings from thei salary OF President.
The best informed persons who have had ex-
periehce in and knowledge 0f expenditures In
the White House. estimate the President's out
lay for all purposes as not exceeding Sl5.oQO
per annum. This is the known sum he sets aside
Tor living His donations are all reported.
and they speak for themselves.
At the close OF his term onthe Atm OF March.
1889, Mr.. Cleveland will probably be richer by
much mora than 10000, without reckoning
interest on his accumulations or counting the
assessed value OF his country venture. than
when he entered the White House. In plain
and true terms, he has made bonanza OF the
Presidency. and given no small share OF his
Official career TO money making.